The kind folks at BOOM! Studios have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the June 2014 Previews, scheduled to ship starting August 2014.
FAIRY QUEST: OUTCASTS #1
(W) Paul Jenkins (A) Humberto Ramos
(CA) A: Humberto Ramos; B: Humberto Ramos B&W
WHY WE love IT: FAIRY QUEST is the passion project of Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos, the team behind REVELATIONS and a legendary run on Spectacular SpiderMan. They have put their heart, love, and creative wonder into this groundbreaking series, and we’re ecstatic to explore a lot more of the world of Fablewood!
WHY YOU’LL love IT: we all grew up reading fairy tales. we all love fairy tales! but if you take pleasure in your fairy tales with a twist like Fables, Fairest, or once Upon a Time, FAIRY QUEST is the best series for you. Plus, Paul and Humberto have already made the fans their copublishers with a successful Kickstarter.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The adventures of Red and Mister Woof have only just begun. In Fablewood, all of the stories that have ever been told live sidebyside. but it is an evil place, managed by the dreadful Mister Grimm and his cadre of think Police. Red and Woof want to escape to a world where their friendship isn’t prohibited, but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead in the Dark Forest.
FC, 32pgs $3.99
HEXED #1
(W) Michael Alan Nelson (A) Dan Mora
(CA) A: Emma Rios; B: Dan Mora
WHY WE love IT: DAY MEN. 28 DAYS LATER. DINGO. Besides being one of our favorite writers, Michael Alan Nelson is one of the industry’s preeminent voices in horror, and we couldn’t be happier to be bringing back his fanfavorite creation HEXED for another dive into the depths of the Aether with an ongoing series!
WHY YOU’LL love IT: Lucifer is the best mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lara Croft. Plus, HEXED was pretty Deadly and incredible SpiderMan superstar Emma Rios’ introduction to the American comics scene back in 2008, and new series artist Dan Mora is poised to continue the trend with his lyrical, horrific, and wholly special take on Lucifer.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Luci Jennifer Inacio Das Neves (most people just call her “Lucifer”) is a supernatural thiefforhire, stealing wondrous objects from the dark denizens of the netherworld for her mentor/mother figure, Val Brisendine. but when Lucifer accidentally
unleashes a horrible evil from one of the paintings hanging in Val’s art gallery, will any of the tricks up her sleeve be enough to stop it?
FC, 32pgs $3.99
DEAD LETTERS volume 1 TP
(W) Christopher Sebela (A/CA) Chris Visions
WHY WE love IT: here at BOOM! Studios, crime is in our blood. From our comicturnedfeature film 2 guns to our critically acclaimed series HIT, we’ve always had a passion for all things noir. DEAD LETTERS is the next step in our exploration of the genre.
WHY YOU’LL love IT: Creators Christopher Sebela (Ghost, High Crimes) and newcomer Chris Visions have combined to create a perfectly moody tale that will evoke memories of your favorite noir story—then turn it on its head. Don’t miss out on a wholly special take on crime fiction best for fans of Richard Stark’s Parker, Criminal, and Fell. “Christopher Sebela writes this thing to damn near perfection. …overall, this book looks supreme.” IGN
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Waking up in a fleabag motel with bandaged arms and a revolver on his desk, Sam doesn’t remember a thing—not how he got here, where here is, or who he is. but the armed men knocking on his door do and Sam will have to use every trick from his forgotten repertoire to outrun and outsmart his way through a hardboiled wonderland of gang wars, femme fatales, and big secrets. Collects issues #14.
SC, 7×10, 112pgs, FC $9.99
BLACK MARKET #2
(W) Frank J. Barbiere (A/CA) Victor Santos
Under Denny’s coercion, Ray has successfully procured and sold his first batch of incredibly DNA on the black market. The scary part? He’s a natural, so much so that he and Denny need to expand their operation by bringing in some added muscle — a former hero with an axe to grind against the Supers who forced him out of the life.
FC, 32pgs (2 of 4) $3.99
ROBOCOP #2
(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Carlos Magno
(CA) A: Goñi Montes; B: Carlos Magno
OCP’s enormous overhaul on gun control has left the city of Old Detroit in the midst of an uprising. With RoboCop and officer Lewis in the middle of a law they cannot support but need to uphold, there is no end option in sight that doesn’t paint the streets in the blood of the innocent.
FC, 32pgs $3.99
HELLRAISER: BESTIARY #1
(W) Victor LaValle, Ben Meares, mark Miller
(A) Colin Lorimer, Carlos Magno, Conor Nolan (CA) A: Conor Nolan
WHY WE love IT: Over the past three years, Clive Barker has reimagined the HELLRAISER mythos as only he could, building a longform narrative that became one of the bestreceived horror comics in recent memory. Now, the Master of horror takes us into his Bestiary fnullnull